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His reasons for his final decision, 38. George B. Webster's letter to him, 38, 39, 40.
Short biographical account, 40, 41.
His father, Rev. Philo Shelton, or- dained by Bishop Seabury, 40, 381 .. Account of Rev. Philo Shelton, 40, 41.
Rev. Wm. Shelton's first sermon as rector of St. Paul's (1829), 41, 141, 322, 357.
Shelton, Rev. Dr. William .- (Continued.) His description of the old frame church, 41.
His salary, 42.
His instructions in Sunday School, 45. Elected first president of the Young Men's Association (1835), afterwards Buffalo Library, 45, 374.
His marriage to Mrs. Lucretia Stanley Grosvenor (1845), 50, 51, 358.
Their removal to new Pearl Street rec- tory (1847), 51.
First subscriptions for the new stone edifice, Dr. Shelton's "red-book," 52, 53, 58, 426, 427, 428, 429.
His farewell sermon in the old frame church, 60, 61, 62, 441.
His address at laying of corner stone of new edifice, 62.
His first visit to Europe (1851), 63, 64, 65, 326, 374.
Sermon at funeral of Sheldon Thomp- son, 64, 65.
His return from Europe, 66.
Presents the four collection plates (1851) used until destroyed in fire (1888), 66.
New stone edifice consecrated, instru- ment read by Dr. Shelton as rector, 66, 67.
His first sermon in new edifice, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 358.
His purchase of express company stock (1855), 81, 82.
Salary, 83.
Ill health; nominates Rev. Dr. Pitkin as his assistant, 89, 90, 91, 396. Second visit to Europe (1864), 94, 95, 101, 374.
On committee to make St. Paul's the cathedral, 103.
Mr. Upjohn writes to Dr. Shelton, 103. Appoints Rev. Charles L. Hutchins as his assistant, 106, 396.
Remarks by Dr. Shelton at funeral of Loring Peirce, recalling old days, early city burial places, etc., 107, 108.
His sermon on completion of main spire (1870), 109, 110.
Memorial on Lester Brace, 111, 112. Salary increased, 114, 116.
Funeral sermon on ex-President Mil- lard Fillmore, 116.
Centennial service, July 4, 1876, 340. Dr. Shelton's teachings, 119, 120. Salary, 122, 123.
The 50th anniversary of his rectorate (1879), 124, 125, 359, 382, 383.
Congratulations of ministers' 124, 382, 383. Parish affairs, 126, 127.
meeting,
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Index.
Shelton, Rev. Dr. William .- (Continued.)
Resignation of Dr. Shelton, the corre- spondence, 127, 128, 129, 130, 344, 359.
Resolutions of vestry, 128, 129.
Is made honorary rector, 128, 143, 344, 396.
Vestry executes a life lease of the Pearl Street rectory to Dr. Shelton, 136.
Rev. Dr. John W. Brown becomes rec- tor, 136, 345, 396.
Death of Mrs. Shelton (1882), 137, 138, 305, 359.
Friendship of Dr. Shelton and Rev. Dr. Ingersoll, 138, 375.
St. Paul's Church a monument to Dr. Shelton's zeal and energy, 143, 383.
Death of Rev. William Shelton, D.D.,
at Bridgeport, his old home (1883), 143, 347, 359.
Resolutions of vestry, 144.
The lying in state in St. Paul's, 145, 146.
The funeral, 146.
Rev. Dr. Brown's sermon at the funer- al, 147, 148, 369.
The burial at Forest Lawn; tombs of Dr. and Mrs. Shelton, 147, 150.
Dr. Shelton's will, 148, 149, 150, 154, 155, 186, 304.
His bequest for the bells and other be- quests, 149, 154, 155, 186, 187, 304.
Charles W. Evans and William H. Walker appointed executors, 149, 173, 258, 259.
Dr. Shelton's honorary degrees, 149.
Bishop Coxe's memorial sermon and characterization of Dr. Shelton, 150, 151, 152, 372.
His generosity, 375.
Memorial volume, compiled by George Alfred Stringer, 150, 151.
The memorial chancel windows (see Shelton memorial windows).
Anniversaries of his death, 157, 158.
The Shelton Memorial Endowment Fund started, 157, 158.
Rev. Dr. Brown's kindness to Dr.
Shelton, 164, 369.
The Bishop's crozier (see Crozier).
The old rectory (see Rectory, Pearl Street).
His wishes for an endowment fund for St. Paul's, 224.
The Shelton china sold, 225.
Miss McKee, 225 (see McKee).
The "Flying Buttress," 270, 314.
Altar rail part of memorial, 276.
Entire chancel a memorial, 183, 278.
Altar and reredos, with inscriptions, 279 to 282, 395.
East window, 266, 282, 283, 284, 394 (see Shelton memorial windows).
Inscriptions on window tablets, 283.
Shelton, Rev. Dr. William .- (Continued.)
Pulpit and inscription, 286, 287 (see pulpit).
The ivy, sparrows, etc., 298.
Dr. Shelton furnishes the inscriptions for the bells of the chime, 300, 301, 302.
The "Rector's Bell," 302.
Dr. Shelton's bequest for the bells, 149, 186, 304.
Dr. Shelton and the old bell-ringers, 305.
His name on the main spire, 317.
His European diary, 433.
Historical sermon (published 1867), 433. Accounts and anecdotes of Dr. Shel- ton, 369 to 383.
Extracts from Rev. Dr. Brown's article on Dr. Shelton in "American Church Review," 370 to 372.
Extracts from Dr. Brown's paper on Dr. Shelton in Buffalo Historical So- ciety, 372 to 376.
The Brussels photo-portrait, 370.
Dr. Shelton and the cholera epidemics, 373, 376, 377.
At Rathbun's Eagle Tavern, 374. As an amateur fireman, 374.
Literary pursuits, 374.
Friendship with Rev. Dr. Lord, 374. Dr. Shelton's war attitude, 375.
Friendship with Bishop DeLancey, Bishop Coxe and Rev. Edward Inger- soll, 375.
With Lord Bishop of Niagara, 371. Early letters, 377.
"Records of Ministerial Duties," 377, 378.
Officiates at the first funeral in Forest Lawn (1850), 378.
His horse and horsemanship, 95, 374, 379.
Anecdote about rectory door-plate, 379. Dr. Shelton's hospitality; decorating the church for Christmas; dancing, 379, 380.
Anecdote of the "Tower Fund," 380. Dr. Shelton and Nashotah, 380, 381. Shelton Hall, Nashotah, 381.
Shelton window, Nashotah, 381.
Long terms as rectors of the Shelton family, 381.
Graves of Dr. Shelton's parents, 381, 382.
Dr. Shelton at opening Buffalo City Hall, 382.
Congratulations of "Ministers' Meet- ing" (1879), 124, 382, 383.
"Express" editorial (1880), "Now, by St. Paul's," 383.
Dr. Shelton in old frame church, 384. In the "Free Church" (1849), 387. Flower garden in church lot, 389.
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Index.
Shelton, Rev. Dr. William .- (Continued.) Rectory (street numbers), 389. Sunday School, 45, 392.
Dr. Shelton and Richard Upjohn, 421, 422, 423. The "red-bound book," 426.
Raising subscriptions for building the church, 426 to 434.
Dr. Shelton and the Lord Bishop of Gibraltar, 318, 432, 433.
"Dr. Shelton's St. Paul's," 440.
Dr. Shelton's voice; reading the serv- ice, 120.
General references to Rev. Dr. Shelton: -48, 53, 58, 62, 65, 84, 94, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 112, 113, 115, 117, 121, 122, 123, 126, 131, 153, 173, 174, 183, 186, 201, 222, 258, 270, 276, 295, 314, 322, 326, 328, 340, 344, 357, 358, 359, 360, 364, 365, 366, 385, 387; Clergy List, 396; 421, 422, 423, 426, 429, 431, 432, 433, 434.
(See, also, Rectory and St. Paul's.)
Shelton, Mrs. Lucretia S. (Mrs. William Shelton),
Marriage to Dr. Shelton, 50, 358; 51, 94, 149, 217, 222, 225, 371, 375.
The old Bible presented to her, 105. Death, 137, 225, 305, 359.
Obituary, 137, 138.
Resolutions of vestry, 137.
Her grave in Forest Lawn Cemetery, 150.
Memorial window, in "the chapel," 149, 150, 273, 295, 296. Memorial font in "Crypt Chapel," 225, 278, 296. Shepard, John D., 53, vestryman, 86.
Sheppard, James D., first organist (1827), 32, 36; pew owner, 43, 44, 50, 53; first piano in Buffalo, 321, 322, 323; tributes to him, 321, 324; death, 325, 385.
Memorial tablet in St. Paul's, 293. Bequest to St. Paul's, 154, 293, 325. Sherman, T. W., 43. Sicard, Edward M., 354.
Sicard, George J., 333.
Sick relief, 249.
Sidewalks in village of Buffalo, 31, 385. Sidway, Miss G. (Mrs. L. G. Chaffin), 335. Sill, Miss, 329, 330.
Sill, Seth E., 53, 55.
Silliman, Mr. and Mrs. James R., 177. Silver plate in corner stone (1819), 14, 63. Singing schools, 321, 322, 323. Sizer, Henry H., 53, 55.
Sizer, Rev. Henry S., 193, 312.
Slade, Harry, 43.
Smiley, Miss Eva M. (parish visitor), 226, 246. Smith, Rev. Dr. Charles H., 134.' Smith, Mrs. Charles H. (Harriet Hayes), 90. Smith, Elisha T., 178.
Smith, Mrs. Elisha T., 178, 249. Smith, George H., 111.
Smith, Gerrit, organist, 342, 343.
Smith, Mrs. Gerrit (see Miss C. Butter- field). Smith, Henry K., 53.
Smith, Isaac, 367.
Smith, Hon. James, M., 157, 176, 193, 194, 195, 200.
Delegate to councils of the diocese, 180, 187.
Chancellor of the diocese, 185, 215, 227, 228, 230.
Obituary, 227, 228, 229, 230.
Bequest to St. Paul's, 230, 244, 292. Memorial to, 260.
Smith, Mrs. James M., Death and obituary, 157, 227.
Smith, James R., vestryman, 153, 154, 155, 157, 163, 164, 167, 175, 176, 187, 188, 192, 196,
199, 200, 202, 213, 223, 226, 228, 232, 241, 245, 256, 348, 352, 353, 354, 395.
Smith, Rev. Joshua, 387.
Smith, Dr. and Mrs. Lee H., 177.
Smith, Miss M., 327, 328.
Smith, Philip Sherwood, 157, 177, 193, 228, 230, 231, 233, 236, 246, 260, 298, 353, 354.
Smith, Sheldon, 28.
Smith, S. T., 177.
Smith, T. Guildford, 131, 343.
Smith, Thornton, 352.
Smith, William Warren, 178.
Snyder, Miss Ida A. (Mrs. McCready), 344, 345.
Societies in parish (1901), 248, 249. Society of Friends, 96, 172.
Society, Women's (presented silver com- munion service, 1825-6), 289, 290.
Sounding-board over pulpit (1864), 94.
Sparrows, English, 298.
Special Council for (1896), 212. Spelder, Henry S., 312.
election of Bishop
Spencer, John C., 16.
Spencer, Misses, '177.
Spire, Main (see Great Tower and Spire). Spire, small tower and spire (see Tower). Sprague, Noah P., 43, 321.
Sprague, Rev. Dr. William B., 40.
Spruce Street Mission (see St. Andrew's).
Squire, Miss Agnes, 176, 280.
Squire, Henry C. and Sarah L. (Bible in "Crypt Chapel"), 297.
Squire, H. C., vestryman, 105.
Staats family, 385.
Staats, Jeremiah, 20, 43, 53, 118.
Stacy, John (master builder of frame edi- fice), 421. Stacy, W., 17.
Stadnitski Avenue (Church Street), 19, 220, 221 (see Church Street).
Staff, Bishop's (see Crozier).
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Stage coaches, 43, 256. Stage roads, 29, 189.
Stagg, Dr. Henry R., 30, 321.
Stained glass, 69, 72, 73, 395, 423 (see, also, "Memorials" and St. Paul's).
Standing Committee of Diocese, 23, 212, 214, 251, 257.
Stanley, Miss Lucretia (see Mrs. William Shelton).
Staphorst, Van, Avenue (Main Street north of Church Street), 220, 221.
Staphorst, Van, Jan G., 19.
Staylin, Mrs. G. F., 337, 338.
Steele, O. G., 362.
Stephan, C. D., 355.
Stevens, Horatio, vestryman, 45.
Stevens, Rev. N. S., assistant, 195, 201, 396.
Stevenson, Miss Amelia, 189, 248, 270, 290.
Stevenson, Edward L., 53, 54, 176, 294.
Vestryman, 52, 56, 62, 65.
Building Committee (1849), 56. Obituary, 188, 189.
Stevenson, Mrs. Amelia Geer (Mrs. E. L. Stevenson), 189, 294.
Stevenson, George P., 189.
Stevenson, Miss Georgiana (see Mrs. F. S. Thorn). Stevenson, memorial window, 294, 297, 298. Stille, Miss, 331.
Stimpson, Charles, 246.
Stone, Rev. J. K., 105.
Stone, John B., 43.
Stone shed (old), 317.
Stone sidewalk on Erie Street, 86. .
Stone tracery of great east window, 282, 283, 394.
Stonham, Mark, 305.
Stow, Joseph, 421.
Strachan, Bishop, 66.
Strasmer, Miss J., 346.
Streater, Henry, 53, 55.
Streater, Mrs., and family, 178.
Stringer, George Alfred, article in "Kal- endar," 50th anniversary Dr. Shelton, 124, 131, 176.
Vestryman, 126, 130, 136, 139, 153, 154, 155, 157, 163, 175, 187, 188, 192, 196.
Resolutions on death of Rev. Dr. Shel- ton, 144.
His article in "Kalendar" on death of Dr. Shelton, 146, 147.
Shelton memorial volume, written and compiled by him, 150, 151.
On Building Committee (1888), 167, 395. Letter to Rev. Dr. Aaron, 168. Delegate to Diocesan Council, 180. Address on Bishop Coxe, 218.
Sketch of St. Paul's Guild (written for this history), 392, 393, 394. Stryker family, 385. Subscriptions :-
Building frame edifice (1818), 13, 426. Support of parish (1818), 18.
Subscriptions .- (Continued.)
First organ (1825), 25, 320. Music (1827), 321.
New organ (1829), 37, 322.
New Sunday School room, etc. (1833), 44, 45.
Rectory (1845), 50.
Building Fund Association (1847), 58, 430.
Building the new stone church (1848), 52, 53, 54, 178, 426 to 429.
Completing church (1851), 66, 429, 430.
Dr. Shelton's European trip (1851), 64, 65.
New organ (loan) (1851), 66.
Building and organ (1852), 78.
Completing tower, porches, etc. (1854), 80, 431.
Receiving vault (1854), 80.
Tower, etc. (1856), 83, 84, 431.
"Tower room," 85.
Salary of assistant (1862), 90, 91, 93.
Removing organ to west gallery (1863), 93.
Residence of Bishop (1865), 101, 102.
Main spire, interior improvements, etc. (1866), 103, 432.
Completing main spire, etc. (1869), 106, 433.
(See Dr. Shelton's sermon, 1870), 110.
Small spire, stone crosses, etc. (1871), 111, 434.
New organ (1873), 114, 118, 336.
Cleaning edifice (1873), 115.
Indebtedness of parish (1881), 131, 132, 434.
Ditto (1882), 133.
Parish free from debt (1882), 136, 143. Salary of assistant (1887), 156.
Subscriptions for rebuilding after fire, (1888), 171, 176, 177, 178, 188, 434.
Parish deficit (1893), 196.
New rectory (1895), 200, 434.
New Parish House (1896), 203, 217, 434 to 437.
Paying Parish House mortgage, parish debt, etc. (1900-1901), 233, 241, 243, 244. Subscribers, 437 to 439.
Concrete sidewalks (1900-1902), 236, 255. Sullivan's "Festival Te Deum," 338, 339, 347.
Sunday School, 24, 45, 31, 41; in McAr- thur's Hall (1850-1), 65, 80, 81, 85; statis- tics (1860), 392, 95, 96, 108; fund, 118, 119, 127, 133, 134, 142, 152, 154; statistics (1887), 158. General References, 179, 216, 224, 248, 256, 269, 270, 273, 278, 291, 296, 297, 298, 328, 329, 330, 358, 359.
Notes on, 392 (see, also, "Crypt Chapel"). S. S. of German Mission, Spruce Street, 117, 155, 158, 393 (see also St. An- drew's).
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Index.
Sunday School children's window, 297, 298. Sunday School memorial to Mrs. John Pease (the alms basin), 291.
Sutton, William, 53; clerk to vestry, 86.
Swan Street, Buffalo, 79, 324.
Sweeney, James, 17.
Sweeney, James, 17, 131, 145, 176, 200, 227.
Vestryman, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 117, 175, 187, 188, 192, 196, 199, 200, 202, 213, 223, 226, 228, 232, 241, 245, 256.
Delegate to Diocesan Council, 201, 212, 219, 224, 230.
Sweeney, Mrs. James (Kate Ganson), 118.
Memorial gift (for Mrs. Kate S. Swee- ney Harrower), 291, 292.
Memorial window (for Mr. and Mrs. John S. Ganson), 295.
Sweeney, James, Jr., 233.
Tablets, brass, on sill of great east win- dow, 283, 284.
Tablets, brass, memorials (see Sheppard; Truscott), 293.
Tablet in Temple Beth Zion, 187, 190.
Talcott, Mrs. Gertrude Squire, 279.
Taunt, Emory, 323.
Tavern (see Ransom).
Eagle Tavern (see Rathbun).
Temple Beth Zion (old temple on Niagara Street), 168, 169, 170, 175, 350, 351, 359. Thanks of vestry to, 175.
Tablet in new temple, Delaware Ave- nue, 187, 190.
Letter of Lewis F. Allen (1888), 366, 367.
Thompson, A. Porter, 53, 65, 88, 131, 145, 164, 176, 180, 188, 200, 229, 237, 292, 395.
Vestryman, 89, 106, 107, 122, 123, 126, 130, 136, 139, 153, 155, 157, 163.
Building Committee (1888), 167.
Warden, 175, 187, 188, 192, 196, 199, 200, 202, 213, 223, 226, 228, 232, 241, 245, 256, 261.
Delegate to Diocesan Council, 203, 212, 219, 224, 238.
Thompson, Mrs. Matilda C. (Mrs. A. P. Thompson), 176; death, 201. Resolutions of vestry, 201.
Thompson, Albert S., 177, 233.
Thompson, The Misses Alice, Agnes, Lae- titia, Clara and Matilda, 177.
Thompson, Edward W., 177.
Thompson family, 229, 385.
Thompson, Sheldon (on Organization Pa- per and first vestry (1817), 8, 9, 43, 53, 54, 58, 153, 229, 237, 379. Removed to Buffalo from Black Rock (in 1827), 64.
Vestryman, 9, 12, 15, 21, 22, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48.
On Building Committee (1849), 56.
Resigns, 56; death (1851), 64; obituary, 64, 65. Memorial bust, 188, 272, 292.
Thompson, Mrs. Sheldon (Catherine Bar- ton), 8, 65, 292.
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon, 177.
Thompson, William A., 50, 53.
Thorn, Mrs. Frank S., 189 (Georgiana Stev- enson).
Thornton, Thomas F., 311, 326, 327 (mem- ber of St. Luke's first vestry, 1857), 304.
Thurstone, William, 168.
Tillinghast, Dyre, 43.
Clerk to vestry, 30, 31, 33, 34.
His care of the records of the parish, 37. Vestryman, 42.
Tillinghast family, 385.
Tillinghast, James, 176.
Tillinghast, Miss (Mrs. P. P. Burtis), 279.
Tolmie, Robert J., 346, 347.
Tower, Great (see Great Tower and Spire.) Tower and spire, small (or Church Street tower), 32, 70, 72, 83, 115, 142, 275, 316, 317; old bell in, 32, 59, 303; height of, 142.
Tower of frame edifice, 16; made higher, 31, 32.
Bell, 21, 27, 28, 32, 59 (see Bells).
Townsend, E. Corning, 233, 246.
Tracy, Albert H., 30, 53, 54.
Elected vestryman, 79.
Tracy, A. Haller, 58.
Tracy, Francis W., 58, 279, 282.
Tracy, Mrs. Agnes Ethel (Mrs. Francis W.). Died 1903.
Gift of Shelton memorial altar and re- redos, 278 to 282, 395.
Transepts, north and south, 267, 268; "The Chapel" is not a transept, 274.
Travis, Milnor, 355.
Treasurers' Reports, 17, 18, 25, 56, 65, 73, 80, 81, 83, 86, 93, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 111, 113, 115, 116, 123, 136, 155. Tree, old elm, 299.
Triangles of land deeded to St. Paul's (1902), 254, 360, 262.
Trinity Church, Buffalo, organized (1836), 46. 322; 62, 65, 66, 101, 138, 139, 157, 168, 184, 194, 212, 224, 227, 302, 326, 385, 386, 440.
Trinity Church, New York City, 10, 11, 12, 27, 28, 52, 97; spire, 109; 126, 142, 180, 316, 421, 423.
Trinity Church, Fairfield, Conn., 38, 40, 41, 378, 381.
Trinity Church, Geneva, N. Y., 98, 117, 204, 205.
Trowbridge, John S., 8.
Trowbridge, Dr. Josiah (on Organization Paper and first vestry (1817), 8, 9, 10, 15, 17, 18, 19, 25, 27, 30, 43, 55, 141, 319, 322, 324.
Vestryman, 9, 12, 15, 24, 26, 46, 47, 49. Warden, 28, 31, 36, 37, 44.
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Index.
Trowbridge, Mrs. Josiah, 10.
Trower, Rt. Rev. Walter John, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gibraltar, 318, 432, 433.
Truscott family (memorial, brass tablet in St. Paul's), 293.
Tucker, Nathaniel, Sr., 154, 304, 305, 311, 312.
Tupper, Samuel (on Organization Paper and first vestry, 1817), 9, 141.
Turret buttress of main tower, 311, 314.
Ulman, J. J., vestryman, 28.
Underhill, Miss E. L., 339, 341.
Upjohn & Company, 422.
Upjohn, Richard, Sr., architect, 52, 54; estimated cost of St. Paul's, 55, 56, 68; increase explained, 72; commissions, 73; Dr. Shelton's reference to him (1851), 75; 84, 101, 103, 104, 143, 265, 267, 270, 274, 275, 310, 314, 315, 316, 327, 390, 391; account of, 421 to 425.
Upjohn, Richard M. (son of above), 422; account of, 425.
Ushers (committee of), 1846, 51; 1901, 248.
Vaille, Mrs. T. P., 347, 348.
Van de Venter, James, 58.
Van de Venter, Mrs. S. B., 53.
Van Dyke, Rev. Dr., 186.
Van Staphorst Avenue, Buffalo Village,
(Main Street, north of Church St.), 220, 221.
Van Staphorst, Jan G., 19.
Van Valkenberg, George, 249.
Van Valkenberg, Roy, 246, 312.
Van Vliet, Mr., organist, 332, 333.
Vases, for Altar, 290.
Verplanck, Judge Isaac A., 227.
Vested (or surpliced) choir (see Choirs).
Vestibule, Main (originally filled with pews), 100, 101, 267, 268.
Vestry elections (Easter Monday), 9 and note, 12, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31, 36, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 56, 62, 65, 78, 79, 81, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 93, 99, 102, 104, 105, 106, 111, 112, 114, 116, 117, 119, 122, 123, 126, 130, 136, 139, 141, 153, 155, 157, 163, 175, 187, 188, 192, 196, 199, 200, 202; alteration of date of elec- tions (1896), 202. First election under new rule (Advent, 1896), 213, 222, 223, 226, 228, 232, 241, 256, 261 (see vestry list, 397 to 420).
Vestry of St. Paul's, list of wardens and vestrymen (1817-1903), 397 to 420.
Vestry room, old (1851), 68, 70, 265, 291; new (1889) 170, 171, 271, 275, 276.
Viele family, 229.
Viele, Henry K., 53, 237. Vestryman, 65, 81, 83, 85.
Viele, Mrs. Laetitia Porter Thompson (Mrs. H. K. Viele), 65, 176, 188, 200, 229, 292. Obituary, 237.
Viele, Sheldon Thompson, 131, 237, 238, 260, 352, 353.
Vestryman, 123, 177, 188, 192, 196, 199, 200, 202,. 213, 223, 226, 228, 231, 232, 237, 238, 241, 245, 256.
Viele, Mrs. Sheldon Thompson (Anna Dorr), 177, 217.
Village of Buffalo (see Buffalo).
Village tea-party (1821), 21.
Vollenhoven Avenue, Buffalo Village (Erie Street), 19, 20, 221.
Vollenhoven, Cornelis, 19, 29.
Vollenhoven, Hendrik, 19.
Vosburg, Nathaniel, 13.
Wadsworth, Miss G., 348.
Walden, Ebenezer, 17, 30.
Walker, Charles R., 96.
Walker, Edward C., 140, 176, 193, 217, 333, 334, 335, 337, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 348, 349, 352, 353; death and obituary, 217, 218, 353.
Walker, Jesse, 48, 49.
Walker, John Kimberly, 233, 246, 259. Clerk of vestry, 261.
249,
Walker, Miss Mary E., 177.
Walker, Samuel G., 145, 146, 177.
Walker, Stephen (Sr.), superintendent of Sunday School, 45, 96; 53, 58, 256, 387. Vestryman, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 56, 62, 65; death, 95; resolutions of vestry, 95; obituary, 95, 96.
Walker, Stephen, 145, 146.
Walker, Rt. Rev. William David, D. D., Bishop of Western New York.
Elected (1896), 212. Account of, 212, 213.
First sermon as Bishop of the diocese, 214.
Enthronization, 214, 215, 216, 237, 238, 360.
Walker, William H.
"Junior Vestry," 57, 58, 110, 121, 173, 258, 260, 429.
Vestryman, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 93, 99, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 114.
Building Committee (1888), 167.
Finance Committee, 133, 135, 136, 171, 225; chairman of, for many years, 259. Warden, 112, 116, 117, 119, 122, 123, 126, 130, 136, 139, 153, 155, 157, 163, 1:5, 187, 188, 192, 196, 199, 200, 202, 213, 223, 226, 228, 232, 241, 245, 256.
Diocesan Council, 194, 201, 212, 219, 224, 226, 230, 238, 251, 258.
Death (January 4, 1903), 256.
Obituary, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260.
Resolutions of vestry, 260.
General references, 51, 53, 57, 58, 96, 125, 131, 133, 134, 135, 143, 149, 164, 167, 171, 172, 173, 176, 179, 180, 182, 195, 196, 200, 201, 203, 218, 222, 225, 299, 336, 395, 429.
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Index.
Walker, Mrs. William H. (Edith Kimber- ly), 153, 176, 259, 322. Obituary, 197.
Resolutions of vestry, 198.
Walker, William H., Jr., 233, 259.
Wardens and vestrymen of St. Paul's (1817-1903), list of, 397 to 420. War, Civil, 90, 375.
War of 1812, 7.
War of the Revolution, 194.
Warren, Edward Stevens, 53, 55, 65, 229, 299, 305, 323, 381.
Vestryman, 48, 62, 65, 78. Music Committee, 79. Death, 90; resolutions of vestry, 91.
Warren, Mrs. E. S. (Agnes L. Thompson), 65, 91, 176, 188, 200; death, 228, 229; be- quest to St. Paul's, 230, 235, 238, 244, 245, 292, 322.
Warren, E. S., 177, 229, 233.
Warren family, 229.
Warren, Horatio, 43.
Warren, William Young, 177, 200, 229, 233; Clerk to vestry, 123, 126; resigned, 126. Warren, Mrs. William Y. (Clara Barton), 177, 200, 236, 249.
Webb, A. L., organist, 323.
Webb, George J., 53.
Webster, Andrew T., organist, 240, 246, 247, 348, 352 to 356. Webster family, 385.
Webster, George B., correspondence with Rev. Wm. Shelton (1829), 38, 39, 40.
Warden, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31, 36, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 56, 62, 65, 78; treasurer, 26, 42, 44, 46, 47; account of his work in St. Paul's, 79, 80; death, and resolutions of Ves- try, 84.
General references, 25, 30, 33, 37, 43, 45, 46, 49, 53, 54, 55, 58, 66, 322, 323, 324, 384, 385.
Webster, George C., 51, 53, 57, 58, 299, 387 .. "Junior Vestry," 57, 58, 110, 121, 173, 258, 260, 429. Webster, Miss, 324.
Weed, De Witt C., 51, 53, 54, 97, 153, 199, 299 ; "Junior Vestry," 57, 58, 110, 121, 173, 258, 260, 429.
Vestryman, 83, 85, 116. Building Committee, 103, 107.
Treasurer, 86, 87, 89, 90, 94, 99, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 111. Founding of Saint Mary's-on-the-Hill (1875), 117. Obituary, 120, 121. Resolutions of vestry, 120.
Weed, Mrs. De Witt C. (Lucy H. Kimber- ly), 121, 153, 176. Weed, George, 13, 16, 18, 25, 30. Vestryman, 15, 21, 22. Weed, George T., 176.
Weed, Hobart, 107, 176, 199, 203, 233, 238.
Vestryman, 196, 199, 200, 202, 213, 223, 226, 228, 232, 241, 245, 256. Delegate to Special Council, 212.
Music, 105, 114, 140, 217, 328, 329, 331, 333, 335, 336, 337, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 352, 353, 354.
Weed, Mrs. Louisa M. (Chapin) (Mrs. Thaddeus), 13, 53, 120, 176. Death and obituary, 199.
Weed, Shelton, 233.
Weed, Thaddeus, 13, 16, 18, 25, 30, 120, 121, 199.
Welch, Miss H. (Mrs. B. F. Spire), 352, 353. Welch, Miss L. C., 342, 346.
Welch, Samuel M. (died 1903). "Recollections of Buffalo," 32.
Welch, Theodore F., clerk of the vestry, 126, 130, 136, 140, 153, 154.
Wells, Miss Alice, 330, 332, 333, 334, 336. Welton, Rev. Alanson, 8, 12.
"Western Literary Messenger," 388, 389. Western New York, 7, 8, 11, 13, 27.
Diocese of (formed 1838), 62, 97, 98, 99, 157, 204, 208, 212, 214, 226, 230, 238, 249, 310.
West gallery (see Gallery, West, and Or- gan).
Wheaton, Miss E., 334.
Wheeler family, 385.
Wheeler, F. S., 53.
Wheeler, J. H. H., 388.
Wheeler, Lester, 176.
Wheeler, Maxwell S., 233.
White, Bishop, 97. White, David, 312.
White, Francis S., 193.
White, Herbert A., 312.
White, Dr. James P., vestryman, 47, 48, 322. Whiting, Miss, 326.
Wilkinson, Robert (sexton), 167, 180.
Willard, Nelson, 53, 54.
Williams, C. E., 177.
Williams, Rev. G. Mott,
359, 396. assistant, 179,
Williams, John W., 57.
Williams, Ralph, sexton, 85; death, 115.
Williams, Thomas R., building stone edi- fice, 56, 57 foot note, 422.
Williams, William, 30, 43, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 323, 376, 377.
Vestryman, 28, 30, 37, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 56.
Treasurer, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 56.
Building Committee (1849), 56; obitu- ary, 57; resolutions of vestry, 57.
Williams, Mrs. William (Eliza Hollister), 57. Willink Avenue, Buffalo Village (Main Street, south of Church Street), 20, 220, 221, 254.
Willink, Jan, 19, 29.
Willink, Wilhelm, 19, 29.
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Will of Dr. Shelton, 148, 149, 150, 154, 155, 186, 304.
Wilson, Charles Robert, 178, 193, 195, 233, 236, 238, 246, 260.
Clerk to vestry, 192, 196, 199, 200, 204, 213, 223, 226, 230, 232, 242. Vestryman, 199, 200, 202, 213, 223, 226, 228, 232, 241, 245, 256; warden, 261; treasurer Church Building Fund (1893), 196; Building Committee, new Parish House, 203, 218.
Wilson, G. R., 53.
Wilson, Robert Preston, 176, 193, 196.
Vestryman, 153, 154, 155, 157, 163, 175, 187, 188, 192; Building Committee (1888), 167; treasurer of Building Com- mittee (1888), 194, 196, 395; obituary, 194, 195; resolutions of vestry, 194; memorial chancel books and case, 236, 291.
Wilson, Mrs. Robert Preston (Margaret L. Smith), 157, 176, 195, 200, 227, 230, 231, 236, 260.
Windows (see Stained Glass). Wirt, Miss Ella, 346. Woehnert, George, 329. Woehnert, Mrs. George, 327, 329.
Woehnert, John G., 88, 327, 329, 330, 331, 332. Woehnert, Mrs. J. G., 329.
Woltge, William, 335.
Women's Union, 250.
Wooden model of St. Paul's, 315, 390 to 392. Woodruff, Lauren C., 92, 131, 343.
Vestryman, 90, 93, 99, 102, 104, 105, 106, 111, 112, 114, 116, 117, 119, 122, 123. Building Committee (1867), 104; (1871), 111,
Worthington, Rev. Dr., 133.
Wright, Mrs. C. T., 177.
Wyckoff, Dr. C. C., vestryman, 89, 111.
Yale College, 40, 97, 138.
Year Book, 198, 201, 223, 229, 233, 235, 241, 242, 243, 245, 249.
Yeonnet (or Yeorret), Rev. J. L., 25. Yerkes, Mr., 332.
Young Ladies' Fair, 58, 80, 299, 301, 431.
Young Men, Protestant Episcopal Society of, 11, 250.
"Young Men's Association" of Buffalo, 45; Dr. Shelton first president of, 45, 374. Young Men's Christian Association, 250, 257.
Young Men's Fund (1847), 58, 430. Zangwill, Israel, 369.
Errata.
As stated in the Preface, pages 17 to 159 were put in type and printed in sheet form in 1893, but were not published. Since then, additional old documents and records have been found, which make the following corrections necessary :
Page 17, twelfth line from top, for 16 read 18.
Page 17, seventeenth line from top, for Jesse D. Hoyt read Joseph D. Hoyt.
Page 19, eleventh line from bottom, "Liber 6 of Deeds at page 247." In the new county records the page is 255. (See page 220, this history. )
Page 19, second line from bottom, for Standiska read Stadnitski.
Page 21, fourth line from bottom, Hark should probably read Hanks.
Page 24, twelfth line from top, for John B. Camp read John G. Camp.
Page 25, second line from top, Yeonnet should perhaps be Yeorret.
Page 25, fourteenth line from bottom, for Jesse D. Hoyt read Joseph D. Hoyt.
Page 25, ninth line from bottom, for Hargrave read Hargreave.
Page 32, tenth line from top, James D. Sheppard became organist in 1827 (not 1829, as stated). He served until Easter, 1850.
Page 33, first line at top, Rev. Addison Searle became rector March 30, 1825 (not 1824, as stated).
Page 37, second line from top, for Ratcliff read Radcliff.
Page 41, thirteenth and seventeenth lines from top, Rev. William Shelton was ordained priest in 1826 (not 1825, as stated); and in Trinity Church, Fairfield, Conn. (not St. Paul's, Fairfield, as stated). (See page 378, this volume. )
Page 42, sixteenth line from bottom, for Ratcliff read Radcliff.
Page 43, thirteenth line from bottom, for Ratcliff read Radcliff.
Page 43, seventh line from top, for Hargrave read Hargreave.
Page 68, eleventh line from top, for 1850 read 1851.
Page 68, eleventh line from bottom, 140 feet should read 175 feet.
Page 84, fourteenth line from bottom, George B. Webster died April 3, 1857 (not April 4, 1854, as stated).
Page 95, fifth line from top, Stephen Walker was a vestryman for fifteen years (not twenty years, as stated in the resolutions).
Page 98, seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth lines from top, in the article on Bishop Coxe, should read : "He was graduated in theology at the General Theo- logical Seminary, June 25, 1841 ; was ordered Deacon, June 27, 1841, in St. Paul's Chapel, New York City." To Bishop Coxe's degrees, on the same page, fourth line from bottom, should be added the Doctorate in Divinity which he received from the University of Durham, England, in 1888.
Page 99, seventeenth line from top, Bishop Coxe's "Christian Ballads" were first published in 1840 (he was then twenty-two years old), not in 1845, as stated. (See pages 206 and 423. )
Page 104, eighth line from top, add name of Lauren C. Woodruff to the Building Committee.
Page 116, fifth line from top, add name of John Pease to the vestry.
Page 308, ninth line from bottom; Charles Lamb says of bells : "the music nighest bordering upon heaven."
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